Capital punishment is dying in the U.S. There were only two executions last year, just one the year before. A concerted attack is being waged on grounds that it is cruel and inhuman vengeance ...

Filed citations reported that two people were arrested on Monday and charged with first-degree criminal abuse in connection ...

An Ontario court has dismissed a conviction appeal by Hamilton man Peter Khill, who was found guilty in the shooting death of ...

Donald Trump led a bipartisan effort during his first term to pass the First Step Act—landmark legislation designed to ...

The men, who worked for a state-funded anti-violence program, sold cocaine and methamphetamines, prosecutors said.

During the current Mississippi legislative session, which runs from Jan. 7 through April 6, lawmakers will consider a raft of bills that could become law and impact prisons and jails, courts, policing ...

A 15-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern ...

A judge this week declined to throw out key evidence against the man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho ...

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Noah James, Ethan Sample and Farzana Salik have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating ...

Here’s what you need to know about the case that shocked the nation: ...